7) Stripes

Stripes stretched across your chest will make it look bigger - it's an optical illusion!

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M A G I C

Gisele Bundchen is set to become the globe's first billionaire model.

The Brazilian beauty - who used to date actor Leonardo DiCaprio and is now married to Tom Brady, with who she has son Benjamin, 18 months - has been named by Forbes magazine as the first women to earn the figure, according to US currency rates, due to a combination of modelling work, endorsement deals and design work.

In addition to campaigns for Swedish high street brand H& M and Italian fashion brand Versace, she has also made millions for selling 250 million pairs of her flip-flops for the Ipanema brand. She also has a lingerie line and a beauty care range - Sejaa Pure Skincare - which is rumoured to be for sale.

Last month Gisele was named the highest earning model in the world for the seventh year in a row.

She is thought to have earned $45 million over one year, having become the face of hair care brand Pantene in March 2010 and pushing sales up in South America by 40 per cent.

SINGAPORE: Another set of forms was collected on Thursday by a Singaporean for the upcoming Presidential Election.

Just after 4pm, a man turned up at the Elections Department at Prinsep Link, to collect the papers needed for individuals to contest the Presidential Election.

When asked by the media, he would only say he was collecting them for his " boss" — declining to reveal his name, his boss’ name, or the organisation his boss represented.

The National Solidarity Party’s Hazel Poa also filed election expenses returns for her team, which contested in Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency in the recent General Election.

She said her team spent S$65,000, with 80 per cent of the amount spent on posters and flyers.

Ms Poa said Elections Department staff were helpful with the paperwork.

" They were just trying to make sure that the forms were in order and some deletions have to be, you know, some words have to be deleted and that’s about it...everything was quite smooth."

In addition, over 40 people were at the Elections Department to have their names restored on the Registers of Electors after failing to vote in the recent General Election.

—CNA/ac

Kate Winslet couldn't refuse posing naked for 'magician' Mario Testino. The 'Revolutionary Road' actress paid tribute to the legendary fashion photographer's ability to present women in the nude for shoots, and his ability to make them feel at ease with their bodies. Presenting the photographer with a Lifetime Achievement award at the El Museo del Barrio gala in New York last week, Kate said: 'You know that his biggest strength without fail is making women look beautiful.

When Mario turns to you and says, 'It's beautiful, but I think it would work better naked, no?'

How can one refuse?

'No matter what insecurities about oneself a subject may have, Mario makes them go away like a magician. 'One moment you are in the hair and makeup chair fully clothed and wishing you had smoother skin, longer legs and smaller feet and then Mario comes in and in that charming way he takes you by the? hand and says, 'Don't worry it's going to be amazing.''

The photographer - who, in addition to his celebrity work, was behind the lens to take the official engagement photos of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton - said he has built up a certain level of trust in his industry which he believes makes it easier for him to convince people to pose au naturel.

According to People.com, he said: 'I said to [Kate], I want you to pose nude for this exhibition. And she was like, 'Oh, OK, Mario. 'She said yes right away. Most of them, I think, trust me. I would never let them down.'

 

 

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